Comment Re:Solaris X86 is no different than a Linux distro (Score 3, Insightful) 292
I administer a network consisting of a mix of SPARC Solaris, Win2k Professional, and 1 SCO unix box. The SCO box is very old and is used as a controller for a special application. Some time ago I decided to port the SCO box software to Redhat linux 8.0. As I was nearing completion of the port I discovered that Redhat was dropping this line of linux.
I believe it's important to be able to maintain patch levels on my systems for security reasons. Knowing that in the future I will not be able to keep my patches up to date leaves me feeling that Redhat left me high and dry. In my mind I cannot justify paying Redhat annual support for their Enterprise version of linux when I only need patches. I can handle the other support issues myself.
I'm comfortable with Solaris administration on the SPARC platform but I have no experience with the x86 version. After reading the review I believe the described shortcomings don't apply to my situation, except perhaps for the networking problem. I don't need sound or graphics at all and I have no problem configuring networking manually.
Solaris patches are easily reviewed and a list of recommended security patches is released on a regular basis. The patches are easy to download from a high performance site and I don't have to worry about access to those patches because I didn't pay for a priority connection.
The full documentation is available to download in pdf form or html.
With the help of the review, I think I just talked myself into redirecting my port of the old SCO box to Solaris x86. At least I should give it a try.
I believe it's important to be able to maintain patch levels on my systems for security reasons. Knowing that in the future I will not be able to keep my patches up to date leaves me feeling that Redhat left me high and dry. In my mind I cannot justify paying Redhat annual support for their Enterprise version of linux when I only need patches. I can handle the other support issues myself.
I'm comfortable with Solaris administration on the SPARC platform but I have no experience with the x86 version. After reading the review I believe the described shortcomings don't apply to my situation, except perhaps for the networking problem. I don't need sound or graphics at all and I have no problem configuring networking manually.
Solaris patches are easily reviewed and a list of recommended security patches is released on a regular basis. The patches are easy to download from a high performance site and I don't have to worry about access to those patches because I didn't pay for a priority connection.
The full documentation is available to download in pdf form or html.
With the help of the review, I think I just talked myself into redirecting my port of the old SCO box to Solaris x86. At least I should give it a try.
